Racing de Santander — Elche, 28 August 2026, 17:00 UTC : score 3:2
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The most likely outcome was Racing de Santander win, and the match finished 3:2. Fans backed Racing de Santander win — they got it right.
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Match events
full timeline Y. Zabiri 1-0 15'
Y. Zabiri 2-0 21'
Y. Zabiri assist: I. Vicente 3-0 36'
F. Gonzalez 43'
A. Mantilla 45'
Tete Morente for M. Aguado 46'
E. Ponce for A. Houary 46'
M. Prati for A. Martin 59'
J. Morcillo for P. Bigas 62'
F. Buonanotte 63'
G. Guliashvili for I. Vicente 69'
A. Villalibre for Y. Zabiri 69'
L. Cepeda for F. Buonanotte 69'
Buba Sangare assist: L. Cepeda 3-1 78'
F. Nino assist: Tete Morente 3-2 79'
Josan for Buba Sangare 84'
M. Gueye for S. Canales 85'
Line-ups
starting eleven and bench 13 Julen Agirrezabala
2 Alvaro Mantilla 4 Manu Hernando 16 Facundo González 17 Jorge Salinas
23 Iván Martín 8 Gustavo Puerta
11 Andrés Martín 20 Sergio Canales 10 Iñigo Vicente
21 Yassir Zabiri
14 Fernando Niño
10 Facundo Buonanotte 12 Gonzalo Villar 8 Marc Aguado 29 Ali Houary
2 Buba Sangaré 22 David Affengruber 23 Víctor Chust 6 Pedro Bigas 11 Germán Valera
1 Matías Dituro
Racing de Santander bench
- 12Asier Villalibre
- 30Carlos Sánchez
- 34Diego Díaz
- 7Giorgi Guliashvili
- 38Hugo Pérez
- 9Juan Carlos Arana
- 14Maguette Gueye
- 18Matteo Prati
- 5Pablo Ramón
- 36Sergio Martinez
- 1Simon Eriksson
- 6Íñigo Sáinz-Maza
Elche bench
- 24Abiel Osorio
- 43Alejandro Iturbe
- 30Alvaro Padilla
- 9Ezequiel Ponce
- 5Federico Redondo
- 19Grady Diangana
- 47Javi Morcillo
- 17Josan
- 21Lucas Cepeda
- 16Martim Neto
- 26Matia Barzić
- 20Tete Morente
Match stats
20 metrics for the full match40%Possession60%
13Shots18
6Shots on target7
4Shots off target5
3Blocked shots6
9Shots inside box9
4Shots outside box9
65Attacks117
34Dangerous attacks81
5Corners10
3Offsides1
17Fouls19
2Yellow cards1
5Saves3
378Passes554
303Accurate passes481
0Free kicks0
0Throw-ins0
0Goal kicks0
0Penalties0
How the match went
text generated from our dataRacing de Santander and Elche met on matchday 3 of the La Liga on 28 August at Estadio El Sardinero. Final score — 3:2.
Racing de Santander sit 9th on 4 points after 7 matches (2 wins, 1 draw, 4 losses). Elche sit 19th on 1 point after 7 matches (1 win, 2 draws, 4 losses).
Season form
all competitions of the season LLWLW form WLDLL
7 Matches 7
2 — 1 — 4 Wins — draws — defeats 1 — 2 — 4
11 — 21 Scored — conceded 11 — 17
1 Points per game 0.71
1.57 Goals scored per game 1.57
0 Clean sheets 0
2 Failed to score 1
winless in 2 Current streak unbeaten in 1
Racing de Santander at home: 3 matches, 2 wins, 1 draw, 0 losses, goals 7—5, 2.33 points per match.
Elche away: 4 matches, 1 win, 2 draws, 1 loss, goals 7—6, 1.25 points per match.
League table
after the match| # | Team | P | W | D | L | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6—11 | 7 | |
| 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11—21 | 7 | |
| 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7—9 | 5 | |
| 18 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11—17 | 5 | |
| 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2—10 | 4 | |
| 20 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3—11 | 3 |